Glove.



110.791.76 1, PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905.

' v A. H. FISHER.

GLOVE APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1904.

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PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905;

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GLOVE.-

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 11, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. FISHER, OF HARDY, NEBRASKA.

GLOVE.

srnorrrcn'rron formin part of Letters Patent no. 791,764, dated l'l'une 651905.

Application filed-August 11, 1904. Serial No. 220,846.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALBERT I-I. Frsnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hardy, in the county of Nuckolls and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and ImprovedGlove, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to gloves and glovemaking, the object of the invention being to produce a glove of an improved pattern, especially adapted for use as a workmans glove.

One of the objects has been to produce a glove which is reversible, so that it maybe Worn by either hand, and the pattern is designed with a view to produce a substantial fit though the glove be applied to either hand.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claim.

" Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan of the blanks or portions from which the glove is formed. Fig. 2 is an elevation or palm view of the glove. Fig. 3 is an edge view or edge elevation of the glove. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a section through the thumb-piece of the glove and the conti uous portion of the body of the glove.

Re erring more particularly to the parts, 1 designates the blank or portion from which the body of the glove is formed. This blank, as indicated, is of substantially rectangular form, a pair of opposite corners being extended, as-s own, to orm flaps 2, which are intended to unite in a manner to be described more fully hereinafter in order to form the little finger or fourth finger of the glove. As indicated, the inner edges 3 of these flaps 2 preferably converge toward the outer edges 4 thereof in the direction of the extremity of the flaps. Furthermore,near the point of connection of these flaps 2 with the body of the pattern the flaps are slit transversely, as indicated at 5.

'At substantially the central line of the blank 1 a flap 6 projects in the same general direction as the flaps 2, and the side edges 7 of this flap converge outwardly, as shown, and the extremity of the flap is indented at 8 in such a manner as to form oppositely-disosed one s 9. Near the point of connection etween t e sideedges 7 o the flap 6 with the body of the blank said flap is slittransversely, as indicated at 10.

The slits 5 and 10 constitute continuations of the edges 11 of the body of the glove between the fiaps 2, 2, and 6, and these edges 11 are preferably formed with peaks 12 at substantially their middle points.

It should be understood that the body of the glove is formed from its blank by folding the same substantially upon a line passing through the vertex of the indentation 8 in such a manner that the two loops or divisions of the flap 6 will unite to form the index-finger of the glove, while the two flaps 2 will unite to form the little finger of the same.

Located substantially centrally upon the folding-line of the blank a thumb-opening 13 is formed, the same being substantially V- shaped, as indicated, and into this opening depends a sadde-pieoe 14, which is formed by converging oppositely-disposed slits 15, which constitute continuations of the lower edges 16 of the opening 13.

Below the body-blank l a blank 17 is represented, which forms a wristband in the usual manner. Below the blank 17 fingerpieces are represented, which unite to form intermediate fingers of the glove, the outermost pieces 18 and 19 being respectively rights and lefts, which are cut oppositely, as indicated, and which unite to form the third finger of the glove. The inner blanks 20 are alike and preferably cut as shown and unite to form the second finger of the glove. The blank or thumb piece from which the thumb of the glove is formed is represented by the numeral 21. This thumb-piece has preferably the form shown, having an unusually wide base or lower rounded portion 22, with converging edges 23, which terminate above in op ositely-disposed cusps 24, indented centra y, as at 25, therebetween. The opposite edges of the thumb-piece are provided with downwardly-inclined transverse slits 26 as shown. In connection with the description of this thumb-piece it should be stated that thethumb-opening 13 is-made unusually Wide, so, that. when. the thumb-piece is at: tached therein to form the thumb unusual fullness will be produced on either side of the thumb for a purpose which will appear more fully hereinafter.

As stated above, the glove is formed by folding the body-blank upon the central line, the flaps 2 2 uniting, as described, to form the little finger and the divisions of the flap 6 uniting; to form the. index-finger: When folded in this manner, the edgesll will come. opposite to each other, and at these edges t e fingers 27 v28 are attached substantially as shown in Fig; 2... The seams of fthefin ers of the glove alllie inwardly, as indicated in iig. 4, and theseams offthe intermediate fingers are formed so that they lie between the fingers of the hand within the glove in a mannerwhich is shown veryclearly in Fig. 4. The thumbs piece21is' also folded upon a central line which passes vertically through the indentation 25, the edges 23 unitingto form a seam on the inner side of the thumb. The-edgesformed on the u per-sides of the slits26 are attached .to the edges 28 of the saddle-piece 14, while the edges formedatthe lower sides of the slits 26 are-attached to the inwardly-convergingedges of the saddle-piece. 14, as will be readily un-. derstood. A rounded edge 29 at the base of the. thumb-piece is attached, as usual, to the edges 16of the thumb-opening. After the thumb-piece has been attached in the manner described a reinforcing strip or. yoke 30 is applied to the. outer side of the seam, substantially covering theupperand inner pori ion thereof, as indicated most clearly in The wvristband'l? is shown inits finished state at 31 in Fig. 2, the same being provided with a loose fastening-strap 32 in a common manner.

It should be understoodthat a glove constructed in the manner described has its thumb-piece symmetrically placed with re- This quality of reversibility in a glove of this kind 1s considered highly advantageous, as

it enables a workman to wear the glove on both sides, it being well understood by persons familiar with the art that gloves of this kind usually wear more greatly on the palm than upon the back. The! feature of having the seams located in the spaces between the fingers is also considered highly advantageous, for they are, the thumb, symmetrically placed, .do not come in contaetwith objects: held in the hand,' .and are on the -in-. side;

From the description of the manner! of securing thethumb-picein. osition it should be understood'thatwhen t 1e thumb moves the two slits 26 and 27. in the thumb-blank open out. and. the space between themis taken up by. the saddle-piece, relievingithis part=of the glove. of strains. or atendency to tighten, which would otherwise occur.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as. newandIdesire -to secure. by Letters Patent A glove. the body whereof .isformed from a blank having projecting, flapsat. the opposite. edges, thereof, saidflaps uniting to orm the little finger of said glove, said blank hav ing a central axis of symmetry witha flap, disposed centrally thereupon, said last flap having divisions uniting to formthe indexfingerofthe glove, said blank further having a thumb-opening centrallydisposed .upon the said aXis' of symmetry.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT H. FISHER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. STONIL GENE Lows. 

